Bret Devereaux

So, DM Moments: when your wife's character takes enough damage protecting the rest of the party to be out of commission for several sessions at least and you have to be strong and say, 'well, the dice say what the dice say...and the dice say I'm sleeping on the couch tonight.'"

My wife would like to note that she's actually excited to play a secondary character for a few sessions and I have not been banished to the couch. She also wants to say she 'carried the team' rather than 'protected the team.'

i do believe the better DM's don't feel the need to create incredibly tragic moments. it's important to have continuity with characters so something can actually develop. looks like that's happening.